Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] some [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you have looked up some history for me ? |
| 2 | We 're trying to work up some passion for the pageant . |
| 3 | The lowest price submitted for the work , £232,024 , was from John Kelk of No. 13 South Street , Grosvenor Square , who had already carried out some work for the Government , but is better known as a railway contractor . |
| 4 | Folly realised belatedly that she might have stirred up some trouble for her informant . |
| 5 | The two worlds of nature and abstraction meet when Stavrogin asks Dasha whether by coming to be his nurse ‘ you hope to set up some aim for me at last ’ . |
| 6 | When Stavrogin , who ‘ poisoned ’ Kirillov , and who also kills himself , wrote that letter to Dasha Shatov asking her to come and be his nurse , his mind wo n't have been bent either on or away from suicide ; he was neutrally wondering whether she hoped ‘ to set up some aim for me at last ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , I 'm trying to sort out some transport for a couple of guests . |
| 8 | I fancied seeking out some Synodontis for the new tank , and they are rather prone to burning their scaleless skin by trying to hide under a standard heaterstat . |
| 9 | She had an artist friend print up some material for her , using a picture that showed her in profile . |
| 10 | ‘ Space is always available at airports for commercial operations such as shops and bars , but the authorities are not prepared to give up some space for security . ’ |
| 11 | If a member of a committee receives a letter asking him to carry out some job for the committee between meetings , he must feed back the information that he will do this and , when he has done it , the information that he has done it . |
| 12 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's your name ? ’ asked Elizabeth as Mum fished out some money for the tickets . |
| 14 | ‘ Hello , Dave , ’ he said , ‘ 1 was just boiling up some water for a shave . ’ |
| 15 | Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH put up some money for the development of Viking , and Memorex Telex NV had been planning to market the product too , but is understood to have pulled out . |
| 16 | I will have to think up some excitement for you , señorita . ’ |
| 17 | But his solicitor Geoff Cardwell said Thompson had been worried about a man who had been carrying out some work for his ex-wife . |
| 18 | As the Men carried Minch away Creggan looked desperately about him as if to seek out some inspiration for the action and sign of hope that her final words had seemed to wish to invoke . |
| 19 | IXI will remain intact as an SCO subsidiary , and is to take over some responsibility for the development of Open Desktop — SCO 's graphical operating system bundle which has yet to deliver in the manner promised . |
| 20 | Soak up some inspiration for your bathroom |
| 21 | He carried out some work for the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith Palace in 1828 and , from then onwards , he obtained a considerable amount of work from the Duke . |
| 22 | She 's had that , she 's had her revenge , it has n't actually caused you any grief , you 'll just have to make up some story for your mother . ’ |
| 23 | He spread out some fodder for them and then turned once again for the track to the moor-top . |